We are God’s, and to Him shall we return.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The
Kitab-i-Iqan’)
March 26
Were man to appreciate the greatness of his station and the
loftiness of his destiny he would manifest naught save goodly character, pure
deeds, and a seemly and praiseworthy conduct. If the learned and wise men of
goodwill were to impart guidance unto the people, the whole earth would be
regarded as one country. Verily this is the undoubted truth. This servant
appealeth to every diligent and enterprising soul to exert his utmost endeavour
and arise to rehabilitate the conditions in all regions and to quicken the dead
with the living waters of wisdom and utterance, by virtue of the love he
cherisheth for God, the One, the Peerless, the Almighty, the Beneficent.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
March 25
The winds of despair are, alas, blowing from every
direction, and the strife that divideth and afflicteth the human race is daily
increasing. The signs of impending convulsions and chaos can now be discerned,
inasmuch as the prevailing order appeareth to be lamentably defective. I
beseech God, exalted be His glory, that He may graciously awaken the peoples of
the earth, may grant that the end of their conduct may be profitable unto them,
and aid them to accomplish that which beseemeth their station.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
March 24
Please God, the peoples of the world may be led, as the
result of the high endeavours exerted by their rulers and the wise and learned
amongst men, to recognize their best interests. How long will humanity persist
in its waywardness? How long will injustice continue? How long is chaos and
confusion to reign amongst men? How long will discord agitate the face of
society?
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the
Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
March 23
I yield Thee praise, O Lord my God, that Thou hast fulfilled
Thy testimony, completed Thy favour, established upon the throne of Divine
Revelation Him Who proclaimed Thy oneness and Thy unity, and summoned all
humanity to appear before Him. Amongst the people are those who have turned
towards Him, attained His presence, and quaffed the choice wine of His
Revelation. I beseech Thee by Thy sovereign might which hath dominion over all
things, and by Thy bounty which embraceth the entire creation, to enable Thy
loved ones to sever themselves from all except Thee and to fix their gaze upon
the horizon of Thy grace. Assist them, then, to arise to serve Thee, that they
may evince whatsoever Thou hast desired in Thy realm and may unfurl the banners
of Thy victory in Thy land. Thou, verily, art the Almighty, the Most Exalted,
the Sovereign Protector, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of
Remembrance’)
March 22
Praise be to Thee, O my God, that Thou hast ordained this
day [Naw-Ruz] as a festival unto the favoured among Thy servants and the
sincere among Thy loved ones. Thou hast called this day by that Name whereby
all created things have been subdued and the breezes of Thy Revelation have
been wafted between earth and heaven, a Name through which all that hath been
recorded in Thy Holy Books and Sacred Scriptures hath been made manifest, and
which Thy Messengers and Thy Chosen Ones have foretold, that all men might be
made ready to behold Thee, to turn towards the ocean of Thy reunion, to stand
before the seat of Thy throne, and to hear Thy wondrous call from the Dayspring
of Thine invisible Self and the Dawning-Place of Thine Essence.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
March 21
He Who is Thy Branch and all Thy company, O my Lord, have
broken this day their fast, after having observed it within the precincts of
Thy court, and in their eagerness to please Thee. Do Thou ordain for Him, and
for them, and for all such as have entered Thy presence in those days all the
good Thou didst destine in Thy Book. Supply them, then, with that which will
profit them, in both this life and the life beyond.
- Baha'u'llah (‘Prayers and
Meditations by Baha'u'llah’)
March 20
Praise be unto Thee, O Lord my God! This is that Day among
Thy Days and that Hour among Thy blessed Hours which Thou hast reserved for
Thine own Self, related to Thine own Being, and exalted in station, that Thy
Name may endure and Thy sovereignty be made manifest. Thou hast made this Day
to be the source of all days, inasmuch as Thou hast showered upon it the
revelations of the Throne of Thy majesty and the signs of Thy transcendent
favour. Thou hast created it anew, at this time, in the most excellent form in
this ancient Temple, so that on this Day, and by its grace, all the dwellers of
earth and heaven might be raised again to life and, unbeknownst to and
unapprehended by all, be called upon to render account regarding Thy Self.
Perchance Thy sacred and celestial blessings and Thy divine and glorious
bestowals might be completed therein, that they may testify to the creation of
all things on the Day of Thy presence and to the appearance of Thy days and the
dawning of the Sun of Thy beauty.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of Remembrance’)
March 19
Thou art the One, O my God, to Whom every name is abashed to
be related, and in Whose presence all things shrink for shame from being
mentioned. From eternity Thou hast dwelt in those transcendent heights that are
exalted above all mention and description. How great are Thy sovereignty and
Thy power and how mighty Thy grandeur!—this, though all things acknowledge that
Thou art entirely sanctified from, and immeasurably exalted above, all but
Thine own Self. Thou has subdued the entire world through a single Word that
hath been related to the kingdom of Thine utterance and from which the
fragrance of the robe of Thy Command hath been wafted.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Days of
Remembrance’)
March 18
The Great Being saith: The man of consummate learning and
the sage endowed with penetrating wisdom are the two eyes to the body of
mankind. God willing, the earth shall never be deprived of these two greatest
gifts. That which hath been set forth and will be revealed in the future is but
a token of this Servant’s ardent desire to dedicate Himself to the service of
all the kindreds of the earth.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed
after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
March 17
Beseech ye the One true God that He may, through the power
of the hand of loving-kindness and spiritual education, purge and purify
certain souls from the defilement of evil passions and corrupt desires, that
they may arise and unloose their tongues for the sake of God, that perchance
the evidences of injustice may be blotted out and the splendour of the light of
justice may shed its radiance upon the whole world. The people are ignorant,
and they stand in need of those who will expound the truth.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Tablets of Baha’u’llah revealed after the Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
March 16
Reflect, how the people have rejected the Beauty of God, and
have clung unto their covetous desires. Notwithstanding all these consummate
verses, these unmistakable allusions, which have been revealed in the “Most
weighty Revelation,” the Trust of God amongst men, and despite these evident
traditions, each more manifest than the most explicit utterance, the people
have ignored and repudiated their truth, and have held fast to the letter of
certain traditions which, according to their understanding, they have found
inconsistent with their expectations, and the meaning of which they have failed
to grasp. They have thus shattered every hope, and deprived themselves of the
pure wine of the All-Glorious, and the clear and incorruptible waters of the
immortal Beauty.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
March 14
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Kitab-i-Iqan’)
March 13
O Son of Being! If thine heart be set upon this eternal,
imperishable dominion, and this ancient, everlasting life, forsake this mortal
and fleeting sovereignty.
- Baha’u’llah (‘The Hidden Words of Baha’u’llah’)
March 12
Every conqueror is but a serf whom Thy [God’s] hand hath
subjected, and the richest of the rich is as destitute before the immensity of
Thy wealth. The noblest of nobles is humbled when faced with the manifestations
of Thy glory, and the mightiest of potentates is a mere abject one when
confronted with the compelling evidences of Thine authority.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
March 11
Tear asunder, O my God, the veil of vain imaginings that
hath obscured the vision of Thy people, that all may haste towards Thee, may
tread the path of Thy pleasure, and walk in the ways of Thy Faith. We are, O my
God, Thy servants and Thy bondsmen. Thou art sufficient unto us so that we can
dispense with the world and all that is therein. We are wholly satisfied with
all that hath befallen us in Thy path, and exclaim: “Praised be Thou, in Whose
hand are the realms of revelation and of creation, and all the kingdoms of
earth and heaven!”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
March 10
I beseech Thee, [God] therefore, by Thyself and by Them
[Manifestations of God], to send down, from the right hand of the throne of Thy
grace, upon all that dwell on earth, that which shall wash them from the stain
of their trespasses against Thee, and cause them to become wholly devoted to
Thy Self, O Thou in Whose hand is the source of all gifts, that they may all arise
to serve Thy Cause, and may detach themselves entirely from all except Thee.
Thou art the Almighty, the All-Glorious, the Unrestrained.
- Baha’u’llah (‘Prayers and Meditations by Baha’u’llah’)
March 9
Cling firmly to obligatory prayer and fasting. Verily, the
religion of God is like unto heaven; fasting is its sun, and obligatory prayer
is its moon. In truth, they are the pillars of religion whereby the righteous
are distinguished from those who transgress His commandments. We entreat God,
exalted and glorified be He, that He may graciously enable all to observe that
which He hath revealed in His Ancient Book.
- Baha’u’llah (Compilation on The Importance of Obligatory Prayer and
Fasting, prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice)
March 8
Facing in the direction of the Qiblih is a fixed requirement
for the recitation of obligatory prayer, but for other prayers and devotions
one may follow what the merciful Lord hath revealed in the Qur’án: “Whichever
way ye turn, there is the face of God.”
- Baha’u’llah (‘Questions and Answers’;
‘The Kitab-i-Aqdas’)
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